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  Tickets on sale NOW for £38.50 | Under 12’s - FREE | 12-16’s £20 Leicester’s premiere indoor rock and metal festival, Uprising returns for its eighth instalment on Saturday 24th May and it's coming armed with an eclectic mix of bands. Joining Uprising 8 are…. EARTHTONE9 Kicking us off, returning British Metal heroes EARTHTONE9 who have released their first new music in 11 years, ‘In Resonance Nexus’. The release shows a confidence and vision of the future, with a hefty back catalogue and a legendary status, they are a band you do not want to miss. Check out the band's latest single ‘Oceanic Drift'. ESOTERICA Making their Uprising debut are the ethereal progressive rockers ESOTERICA, who hail from London. With four studio albums and an eagerly anticipated fifth on its way, the band will bring their atmospheric melodies, commanding vocals, and intricate instrumentation to wow audiences. They aim to captivate fans and leave them wanting more. ESOTERICA is for fans of Lacu...

  Stoner/Doom Rock group BlackStorm have premiered a new lyric video for their latest track 'Heavy Energy' ahead of a special guest slot to Pitchshifter's sold-out Bristol show this July. Watch 'Heavy Energy' (lyric video): https://youtu.be/9-JJCgj57BM Hailing from Brighton UK, Blackstorm's line-up features members of Earthtone9, The Blueprint, Twin Zero, Fall of Efrafa, GNOD and King Beef. Latest single 'Heavy Energy' serves as an ethereal appetiser ahead of Blackstorm's special guest slot to Pitchshifter's sold out Bristol show, at The Exchange, on the 7th of July. Vocalist Karl Middleton (Earthtone9) says, "It’s an honour to share the stage with the Clayden brothers once again. Our friendship runs deep, over 25 years. This show is going to be wild. The Exchange is a killer 300 capacity venue, and it’s gonna be a hot, sweaty, high energy show." The epic follow up to 2022's comeback single 'Iron Harvest', 'Heavy Energ...